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Samsung Galaxy S11 renders: All rubbish, says leaker IceUniverse
by Dominik Bärlocher
**Samsung Galaxy S11: megapixel madness continues?
27.11.2019
Translation: machine translated
The Samsung Galaxy S11 is due to arrive in February. The model is expected to feature 12GB of RAM and a 108-megapixel camera. Initial leaks are very promising, but have yet to be confirmed.
We still don't know what the new Samsung Galaxy will look like. It will probably be unveiled in the week leading up to MWC in Barcelona, i.e. towards the end of February 2020. But all the same: there's no shortage of leaks.
Twitter user OnLeaks has posted new render images to show off the new phone. One detail is glaringly obvious: the huge field for the lenses.
A rectangle with rounded corners and cameras
The front of the Samsung Galaxy S11, if the leaks are correct, isn't really that different from other Samsungs: the form factor remains unchanged, the screen is virtually edge-less and the selfie camera is housed in a hole in the screen. There's no longer a Bixby button; that detail is surely taken over by the power button. The jack has also disappeared.
The rear is more interesting. A huge camera rectangle jumps out at you. If the renders from CashKaro are anything to go by, there's a huge field in which five cameras, a flash and a time-of-flight (ToF) sensor are integrated.
To imagine the phone more vividly, CashKaro has put the whole thing on video.
Under the bonnet
But the screen and camera aren't everything; the components play a big part too. Trade magazine BGR understands that the following specifications will be used:
- 6.9-inch screen;
- AMOLED display;
- in-display fingerprint sensor;
- 12GB RAM ;
- SoC Snapdragon 865 ;
- 108-megapixel camera;
- 5x optical zoom;
- up to 1TB of internal memory;
The magazine does not indicate where it got these specifications from. On the whole, the information is plausible. Rumour has it that the 108 megapixels have been included in every smartphone since the system was installed in a flagship product. The average megapixel of smartphone cameras is 17.25 megapixels, which would rather go against the 108 megapixels.
Update 28.11.2019 // 07:20: all lies?
Reader Luan has contacted me by email. He sent me a link to a Tweet from leaker IceUniverse. In it, IceUniverse says that OnLeaks is wrong.
If you too have info to share, you'll find my email address in my author profile. Thanks Luan.
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